It's getting very autumnal now, but the triticale is taking it's time...very soon it'll be too late to expect a decent harvest, but it's just not ready to be cut yet! And without any other set-up for drying the grain other than relying on the air to do the job we can't risk cutting it too early as it'd all go mouldy in no time...Well, we hope the dry weather continues for another few days and we'll review the situation then!But the potatoes look surprisingly well, despite the fact that the non-blight resistant varieties died off some time ago. The Sarpo Mira and Sarpo Axona still stand and look good. Last week, we did a first trial with our potato digger. We had difficulties setting it right and more adjusting is needed to get it dig deep enough to be able to spin out all potatoes. But one of the important aspects of the project - introducing the horses to the spinner - was no problem at all, they actually enjoyed the heavy steady pull.

The potato digger at the end of the first row, with more rows still growing to the left.

And it's not just exciting harvest time, it's also an exciting time for the sheep! We have a rare visitor on our farm at the moment: a wonderful Jacobs ram is here on loan, hanging out with the ewes, and enjoying himself!